Colorado is an excellent location for harnessing solar energy due to its abundant sunshine and various incentives for solar adoption. Here are some of the advantages of going solar in Colorado: Abundant Sunshine: Colorado is known for its 300 days of sunshine each year, making it an ideal location for solar energy generation. The high solar irradiance in the state means that solar panels can produce ample electricity. Electricity Savings: By installing solar panels in Colorado, homeowners and businesses can significantly reduce their electricity bills. Excess energy can be credited or sold back... Read More

After Lockheed Martin announced its plans to develop a compact fusion reactor, Aviation Week was given exclusive access to view the experiment and interview a member of the team developing it. Lockheed’s fusion reactor, which is the size of approximately a freight truck and takes only three months to build, is capable of keeping an airplane in flight with “unlimited range and unlimited endurance” according to Lockheed Martin’s Compact Fusion Research and Development team. The compact fusion reactor (CFR) is in theory safer, cleaner, and more powerful than existing nuclear reactors. Until... Read More

It all began on Wednesday evening, around sundown, when the rain started dumping. Forget cats and dogs, this was lions and bears. I was heading back from a friend’s house and remember thinking that the raindrops were so big and coming down so hard that it felt more like hail than rainfall. After being outside for only about a minute I was as drenched in water as if I’d just climbed out of a swimming pool. The heavy rain kept up and continued throughout the night and all the way through Thursday. So far, we’ve recorded six to eight inches of rainfall and nearly every waterway... Read More